What Phuket, Thailand, looks like now after Covid-19 closed borders

Devastating footage shows derelict shopping malls and empty beaches at one of Thailand’s most iconic tourism destinations, as the nation’s economy is ravaged by the pandemic. Thailand banned virtually all tourists from entering the country in April 2020 to curb the spread of Covid, but the impact had a catastrophic impact on the tourist-driven economy. … Read more

Cyprus throws open its borders to British holidaymakers

Cyprus has announced that it will throw open its borders to British holidaymakers who have been fully vaccinated from May 1. Inoculated Britons will be free to enter the country without needing to have a negative Covid test or quarantine, the Cypriot tourism ministry said on Thursday.  Officials are looking into ways for Britons to … Read more

Cyprus throws open its borders to British holidaymakers

Cyprus has announced that it will throw open its borders to British holidaymakers who have been fully vaccinated from May 1. Inoculated Britons will be free to enter the country without needing to have a negative Covid test or quarantine, the Cypriot tourism ministry said on Thursday.  Officials are looking into ways for Britons to … Read more

BEDLAM at the borders! Heathrow arrivals queue for FOUR hours

Arrivals at the border described a scene of ‘absolute bedlam’ today as they lingered in queues for more than four hours while stretched officials lost their cool and lamented: ‘We have not got any more staff!’ Days before a tough hotel quarantine regime is enforced, Heathrow Airport was swamped with passengers trying to enter the … Read more

Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible crew ‘fear whether they’ll be stranded abroad as UK closes borders’

‘It’s a nightmare’: Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible crew ‘fear whether they’ll be stranded abroad as UK closes borders… after THAT on-set rant’ By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 11:27 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 11:27 GMT, 30 January 2021 Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible crew have branded production a ‘nightmare’ as they fear being stranded … Read more

France shuts its borders to non-EU countries including Britain for all but essential travel

France will shut its borders to all non-EU countries, including Britain, for all but essential travel, but has ruled out a third national lockdown. French Prime Minister Jean Castex made the announcement on Friday, saying that the travel ban will come into force from Sunday to try to limit the spread of new variant cases … Read more

France shuts its borders to non-EU countries including Britain for all but essential travel

France shuts its borders to non-EU countries including Britain for all but essential travel – while ruling out a third national lockdown By Chris Jewers For Mailonline and Afp Published: 21:15 GMT, 29 January 2021 | Updated: 21:23 GMT, 29 January 2021 France will shut its borders to all non-EU countries, including Britain, for all … Read more

Borders go back up in Europe with quarantines and compulsory tests

Europe’s borders are closing once more with Belgium banning non-essential travel from today, France demanding negative tests from all EU visitors and Germany looking at ways to cut air traffic to ‘almost zero’.  With virus deaths still piling up across Europe and governments alarmed by new strains of Covid-19, EU travel restrictions have gone beyond … Read more

Borders go back up in Europe with quarantines and compulsory tests

Europe’s borders are closing once more with Belgium banning non-essential travel from today, France demanding negative tests from all EU visitors and Germany looking at ways to cut air traffic to ‘almost zero’.  With virus deaths still piling up across Europe and governments alarmed by new strains of Covid-19, EU travel restrictions have gone beyond … Read more

Britons dash home before Boris Johnson slams UK borders shut

Thousands of Britons today flew into the UK and were pictured arriving at the country’s airports as they sought to get home before borders slam shut on Monday after all travel corridors were axed. Boris Johnson said on Friday that from 4am on Monday all travel corridors will be suspended and anyone coming to the … Read more